Wednesday, 3 February 2016

The port of Rotterdam and modern impressions

The beating heart of Rotterdam is its port. It is one of the most important industrial ports in the world and responsible for the blooming economy of the city. Here you find the largest containerships ever built, dry docks for ship repair, oil refineries and the occasional cruise ship. We start our discovery boat trip at the Erasmusbrug.

After taking a picture of the Rotterdam skyline with the Euromast, we enter deeper into the port. We pass by tall cranes which automatically load and unload containers. The "CMA CGM Marseille" is fueling and loading. Looking at the small rescue boat hanging at the back, I wouldn't like to be launched into the water via this. On our return we see the retired cruise ship SS Rotterdam of the Holland America Line. It is now used as a hotel.

Around the old port we took take a few nice pictures of a red light boat, a green Jacuzzi boat with cold beer, the famous cube houses, a church and modern architecture. Exploring the port, Leuvehaven and the city centre of Rotterdam is fun.

14 comments:

Oh gosh, that green Jacuzzi boat looks like a lot of fun! What an interesting and lovely port to visit. The cube houses are really something too, and I'm curious to see how it feels in one! What a great time you both must have had.